I watched as Apollo dragged Stephanie out of the room his jaw tight. The moment the door shut behind them the room felt large as if trying to swallow whatever had taken place. Phoe trembled in my arms his little fingers clutching my dress, I held him tighter against me we needed to leave. The doors to the dinning room opened once again Sam and Nicky stepped inside their faces serious. “Let’s head back to the main house” Nicky said his hand positioned at the small of my back giving me support. I nodded while following behind them, I needed to get Phoe out of this space and sadly away from his mother. Finally we were in our bedroom, it was just me and Phoe — small, tired, and curled against me like my heartbeat belonged to him. His fingers toyed with my dress uncertain, fragile. Like if he let go, I might vanish. I brushed his hair back gently. “You okay, Papa?” I whispered. He nodded — but his lip wobbled. “Are you really my mommy now?” My chest ached. Terribly. “I’ll
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